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SEVERAL YEARS AGO we collected a number of samples of United States beeswax for a study of the detection of mixing of other waxes with beeswax (1,2), Every effort was made to obtain authentic samples of old comb wax and of cappings wax. With the much appreciated cooperation of many producers and wax processors, over 60 wax samples of known history were obtained, Complete analyses of
these waxes were reported (1) together with a procedure to detect admixture of micro-crystalline petroleum wax (1,2).
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